Albalate del Arzobispo (Teruel) 1870 - Madrid 1939
By:
Julián Gállego Serrano, María José Alonso
Juan José Gárate was a student at the School of Fine Arts of San Fernando. He also studied in Rome under a grant from the Provincial Council of Teruel. In 1895 he won the Third Place medal at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts and Artistic Industries in Zaragoza and another Third Place medal at the Universal Expo in Paris in 1898. He also won the Second Place medal at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts in 1904 for The Allusive Couplet (Fine Arts Museum of Zaragoza). He was an award winner at the Regional Expo of 1905 and the Hispano-French Expos in Zaragoza in 1904 and 1908. He won the Second Place medal at the Exhibition of Decorate Art in Madrid (1911) and the Gold Medal at the International Exhibition in Panama in 1916. He focused on regional themes and portraits, and is one of a group of painters who stand half-way between Francisco Pradilla and the new generation of the present century. He was also curator of the Zaragoza Museum.
Juan José Gárate was a student at the School of Fine Arts of San Fernando. He also studied in Rome under a grant from the Provincial Council of Teruel. In 1895 he won the Third Place medal at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts and Artistic Industries in Zaragoza and another Third Place medal at the Universal Expo in Paris in 1898. He also won the Second Place medal at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts in 1904 for The Allusive Couplet (Fine Arts Museum of Zaragoza). He was an award winner at the Regional Expo of 1905 and the Hispano-French Expos in Zaragoza in 1904 and 1908. He won the Second Place medal at the Exhibition of Decorate Art in Madrid (1911) and the Gold Medal at the International Exhibition in Panama in 1916. He focused on regional themes and portraits, and is one of a group of painters who stand half-way between Francisco Pradilla and the new generation of the present century. He was also curator of the Zaragoza Museum.